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Someone I know is a teacher, they didn’t realise what 4 lions was as 3 lions is tied to English Football, so they let the class watch it as a Christmas treat….
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This comment wins!!!
Im chuffed with this!!!
And for non Northern English speakers, that’s a good thing!!!
😂😂😂
I remember watching four lions back in 2011 or 2012 during a final period on a Friday before half term and it was RE 🤣 we all voted to watch Four Lions and the teacher had no idea what’s the topic was
If you liked this and want to give props to the guy with the balls who made it, please react to his work on Brass Eye and The Day Today. Chris Morris. He actually managed to fool the entire British parliament into banning a drug that does not exist. Trust me. Brass Eye and The Day Today are the gold standard of satire and spoof.
I miss both of those. Paedogeddon was a whole new level 😂
He also played Denholm Reynolm in IT Crowd, which they reacted to. (Matt Berry’s dad who jumped out the window in S2)
@@Lew99900 oh I’m
Well aware. I’m waiting for Black Books, too.
That’s sounds like “Nounce Sense”. 😉😄
Pedo disguised as a School 😂
I went to a Q&A with the director and some of the cast when it came out. He got the idea from seeing a steady stream of news stories about prospective suicide bombers and terrorists being utterly incompetent and blowing themselves up. The film was (deliberately) misunderstood by the mainstream media here in the UK who chose to say it glorified or supported terrorism. Quite the opposite - but it did also give a glimpse into the thinking and beliefs of people being drawn into that way of thinking. Sometimes normal, otherwise decent, people can be deceived and led into doing horrible things. The best comedy also reveals truths.
As we were over Brexit!
I was at the cinema in Bradford when this had its UK Premier. The reception, particularly amongst the Asian and Muslim population was huge. There were queues stretching right outside the cinema and around the corner. It was very well received as a comedy masterpiece and the reaction and atmosphere was incredible.
A brilliantly done film. Hilarious and strangely heartfelt at the same time.
Still using "rubber dinghy rapids bro!" as a stand-in for "lets do this!" aaaall these years later 😅
The police raid on the brother (and the brothers character overall) was to highlight how clueless people (and the authorities in particular) are about Muslims and ‘extremism’.
The brother who lived his life by the book may have traditions we don’t agree with in the west but he was hugely anti violence.
The one who planned the terror attack in the name of Islam thought his brother was soft for living that life and you never see or hear him talking about religion in any meaningful way. He occasionally takes a few out of context parts to try and justify what he does.
Well said, all of this
One of the funniest and important comedies of recent times and the acting is phenomenal. I'm basically from the same background as the main characters and apart from the terrorism I felt like I actually knew these guys which makes the ending especially poignant, tragic and heartbreaking. 10/10 film and glad you guys enjoyed it. It's a shame most people have never even heard of it.
A few years back I told some of the lads at work (Muslims) that I had watched East is East and they put me onto this film, one of the funniest and gut wrenching films ever, instant classic.
I think that is a big point with this film - it really is poignant, tragic and heartbreaking, not just funny.
It was written and directed by the guy that was the first boss in the IT Crowd, Reynholm (real name Chris Morris), he did loads of great comedies, Watch the clip of the "The Day Today" called war. classic.
Yeah Chris Morris has done loads of great stuff. If you haven’t seen it you should check out the film he did after this, “The Day Shall Come” It has kind of a different tone but is equally as sharp and absurd and based upon a real life story.
It just takes the piss out of both sides of the religious argument and makes you realize how sad it is.
First time I watched this the line 'Is he a martyr or is he a Jalfrezi?' left me struggling to breathe! Chris Morris is a genius of satire!
You should do more Chris Morris, especially Brasseye. The drugs and peadogeddon episodes are classics.
Starting Sundays in 2024 we're doing "Docu-Series" starting with "Guy Martin's How Britain Worked" & we vote on these things in Patreon. We'll toss Brasseye on the poll once we finish with Guy Martin & see how it stacks up!
@@EmbraceTheSuck21 Brass-Eye is no documentary. It's a satire that takes aim at the state of current affairs shows. Brilliantly, I might add, although like The Day Today, what once was an exaggerated look at TV, has now been overtaken by the ridiculousness of modern media.
If no one has mentioned it one of the UK's most popular cult movies is Withnail and I. My wife hates it but I love it.
Patience grasshopper...
your wife's right
@@duckarse11 I hate it, too.
Best British film ever made
Fantastic film! :)
They would never make a movie like this today.
You missed the ending after the credits
One of the most underrated comedies of all time, in my opinion. Doesn't take the low hanging fruit. Its a phenomenal script. The especially the way it manages to make that finale equally hilarious and sad is incredible.
Initially Director Chris Morris apparently stuggled to get it financed for a while and so began exploring the option of crowd funding it, which was unusual for the time. Thousands of fans pledged to donate towards its budget. But Morris was then able to show this to investors and convinced film four to produce it instead. As a thanks to the fans, Chris Morris sent out film cells he had signed with a personalised message and I was lucky enough to get one. It's possible the whole thing was just a story to promote it and make it sound more controversial than it was but idk.
The script was co-written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain who are better known as the writers of Peep Show.
Chris Morris did a significant amount of work on the script but also years of research. You might be surprised how much the level of farce is inspired by true stories.
The earlier work of Chris Morris was fantastic but i'm not sure how news satire from back then looks today- possibly indistinguishable from reality
I'm so glad you watched this, it's an incredible film, so funny but so serious as well.
"Panties up in a wad". Is that the American equivalent to getting your knickers in a twist?!
Ding Ding Ding! You got it 👍🏻
There are no limits to the subjects of which you can take the piss.
This is the United Kingdom and we hold those rights like a sailor's pint on shore leave.
Hence why this wouldn't go over well in America 🤷🏻♂️
@@EmbraceTheSuck21 It would if you got rid of all the woke Arse holes.
@@EmbraceTheSuck21 No point in banging on about free speech all the time if you're not prepared to use it.
The monarchy, the government, the church they're all fair game. In fact everything is.
Me too. Oh, bollocks.🙂
Chris Morris is brilliant. He did the IT Crowd & also did a show with Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) called Nathan Barley. Only six episodes. It was years ahead of its time. Nobody reacts to it. I think it's on YT. It's genius. Watch it for fun, even if you don't film it.
Nathan Barley basically predicted the world a decade later. It's insane how insightful Brooker and Morris are.
4 Lions is also one of my favourite films. So good!
Nathan Barley was just the dog's bollocks
My man, this movie premiered at Sundance in Utah. It got great reviews from American film critics. In fact, the majority of the negative reviews came from UK outlets. The only people in America who get offended by this are the same people that love to call everyone else snowflakes.
Great reaction though. Glad to see this getting some attention.
The British public loved it, the British media hated it. Mainly because the film portrays Muslims in a way that's totally opposite to how our media likes to report on them
Rubber dinghy rapids bro.
The film was written and directed by Christopher Morris, who you’ll know better as Denholm Renholm in the IT Crowd.
And 'The day today' where Alan Partfridge came to life
Chris Morris amazing writer, actor, comedian, the day today, brasseye, both satirical news shows and Jam, one of the most insane, dark, surreal sketch shows. Another funny thing he did was turn up to a day time talk show pretending to be someone else and just talks complete nonsense but then the presenter gets someone tell him in his ear that its Chris Morris. Oh and first boss in IT crowd.
Lots of comments about Chris Morris but another interesting fact is the producer of this Derrin Schlesinger (who also produced the IT crowd and a bunch of other famous shows including some projects with Chris Morris) is also the producer of the upcoming IronClaw movie about the Von Erichs starring Zac Efron.
I love how much you guys enjoyed this film, Chris Morris is a fecking genius.
“Is a wookie a bear, control?”
Glad you love his film, so many quotes that I still remember from the first time watching it
As mentioned before, this was written by Chris Morris (Denolm Reynolm from the IT crowd). He said that his general premise for the film was that the typical narrative about terrorists painted them as well organised and meticulous. He hypothesised that there must be incompetent ones, so did a film about it. Chris Morris has never shied away from controversial topics. Definitely check out The Day Today and Brass Eye. I would start with The Day Today personally. If you watch that without listening properly you would think it was just a news programme.
I remember the first time I saw this stoned off my face with my mate Jordan, we thought we just found it so funny because we were high so we watched it again about a week later sober and found it even funnier 😂
Long live Chris Morris! Possibly the greatest comic writer to have ever lived, The Day Today (which also featured Alan Partridge) might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen! Would love to see you guys watch that, it’s a little dated now but it’s still absolutely hilarious 😂
It's VERY well worth watching the special features (they're on youtube), the research was meticulous for this.
As many have said, very well received by the Asian community here, plenty of Muslim friends really appreciated the film. Amazingly quotable film and a masterpiece of tragedy.
Waj - with that awful, tragic line "sorry lads, I don't know what I'm doing" is? was in What We Do in the Shadows. Great actor + Riz Ahmed - the main guy is carving out an impressive acting career (Sound of Metal is stunning) and Barry/Nigel Lindsay's in a whole bunch of UK tv.
Fair play you guys are pretty much the only ones to react to this film.
I love this film so much - it’s the pinnacle of dark English comedy. It’s also the only film that made me sad for a terrorist. He was clearly low intelligence and didn’t understand what was happening but they convinced him it was right when he said it felt wrong. It was sad watching how his brother tried to talk him out of it in the end and he exploded anyway. The fact that he then decided to kill himself because he couldn’t live with it and not actually taking out any “infidels” was sad at the end.
When the movie was made distributors were concerned. In separate screenings they showed it to all Muslim audiences and all non- Muslim audiences. Both groups found it hilarious, but didn’t think the other audience would appreciate it at all. Personally, I think it should be shown in schools.
British humour to the extreme...but brilliant....British comedy is the best innit
Rubber dinghy rapids bro!
What did you just call us?! Lol jk 😜 🤣
The milk float chase was filmed on Argyle Road, going passed Carfields school, Meersbrook Park and the house I lived in as a kid, 1961/2. 👍
The film was shot in my home city of Sheffield .so funny .
Such a good... Bleak... Fantasticly made movie.
"Rubber dinggy rapids, bruv"
One of those guys is the phonejacker
This was filmed in my home town of Sheffield 😂
Can't you match your sound levels to the sound level of the movie? If I turn my sound levels down, so the constant forced belly laugh doesn't break my eardrums I can't hear anything from the film. Okay, so I've watched the movie and have it on my Prime Movie account but it's so damn annoying.
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@@EmbraceTheSuck21 I'm pretty sure you're taking things too far. How is having to give a forced laugh three times the sound level of the film every fifteen seconds evading the copyright rules? Well, it's working for me as I couldn't stay and watch it. I've watched you guys for years, and also liked the film enough I already have it from Prime but that was annoying.
Some *Four Lions* (2010) cast members who have filmed in *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film:*
*Riz Ahmed* - *Britz* (2007)
*Nigel Lindsay* - *Victoria* (2016-2019)
*Adeel Akhtar* - *Ali & Ava* (2021)
*Preeya Kalidas* - *Bollywood Carmen* (2008)
*Craig Parkinson* - *The English Game* (2020), and *No Angels* (2004-2006)
*Wasim Zakir* - *Britz* (2007) again, *Catch Me Daddy* (2014), *Bradford Riots* (2006), *Unforgiven* (2007), and *This England* (2022)
*Darren Boyd* - *National Treasure* (2016), although I can't remember if his scenes were in *Bradford* or not
*Kevin Eldon* - *Funny Cow* (2017), *Gunpowder* (2017) and *Eaten by Lions* (2018).
*Marcus Garvey* - *Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe* (2016) although I'm not sure if any of his scenes were filmed here, as I've not seen it yet.
*Shameem Ahmad* - *Lies We Tell* (2017)
*Alex Macqueen* starred in *Peaky Blinders* (2013-2022) which was mainly filmed in *Bradford,* however none of his scenes were filmed here.
*Arsher Ali* also starred in *Britz* (2007), however I can't remember if he appeared in any *Bradford* scenes. He also starred in *Ackley Bridge* (2017-2022), and *Informer* (2018) which was created by the *Bradfordian* who wrote *Black Adam* (2022).
*Benedict Cumberbatch* starred in *The Mauritanian* which was created by the same *Bradfordian* who wrote *Informer* (2018) and *Black Adam* (2022).
ok lads, have a watch of twin town, another british classic, welsh accent is hillarious
You'd love Bluestone 42. A British Military comedy set in Afghanistan following a bomb disposal team.
Too soon?
It's a 6/10 at best.
This is one of my all time favourite films
Ours too, it's required watching now!
@@EmbraceTheSuck21 definitely required 😂
Chris Morris is a whole new level. Brass Eye and Jam are some of the most disturbing yet hilarious pieces of art ever created. The Day Today is more silly but brilliant also.
Watching this know the reactions coming up is going to be savage 🤣
Not sure if people been pulling the wool over your eyes but the UK has its fair share of overcorrecting karens too. Although it may very well be not as bad as the usa.
The bit where he explains how he disguises himself makes me effin piss every time,rubber dinghy rapids bruddu :DDDD great film. Think you would enoy a film called 'Anuvahood' in a similar vein
The lion is the national animal of England and three lions passant is the coat of arms of Richard the lionheart is also the shirt badge of England football and part of the royal standard.
The Day Today you guys got to check out! Who can forget sketches,Bomb dogs,Elvis exocution 😂😂
One of my favourite movies ever. It drops off a bit near the end but the rest of it is brilliant.
The best way to take the power from something is to mock it 👍🏻
It was shown in America but going off the takings only a few cinemas (Gross US & Canada
$304,616)
And if you love a dark and bleak sense of humour then 'Sightseers' is a must
And even better, the genius that is 'In Bruges' 🤣🤣
when i dail this you got to heaven brother crow one of the best lines to date in a film ... ive seen this so many times i know what parts your laughing at without seeing them
Comedy in the UK is a PC free zone... It's got artistic licence to go places others can't go.
Virtually nothing is taboo in British comedy! 😀
What was that? About 8 seconds of no context clips? And while it may have been played as comedy, the movie is about the tragedy and pointlessness.
It was shown in America.
That's a shocker
If Pink Flamingos can be shown in America, so can this wet fart!
This is proper UK spoof, our version of Naked Gun type humour lol
It is a funny film. But the ending is sad. I will rewatched it before seeing this reaction. Mustn't forget Team America World Police that was popular if controversial.
Sat here waiting for the missile scene 🤣
A film worthy of 'Withnail and I' like cult status
“The bean thing” is further explored in a deleted scene
I don't think Spencer was watching the movie. Just fake laughs and terrible jokes
Somebody had a bad day at the office...
Chris Smith spend a year or two visiting Muslim communities as research for the film. The community saw the terrorists as out of touch, lost, idiots. It’s a funny satire on how society portrayed them as bigger and tougher than the reality
He had a few "consultants" as well who were reformed Al Queda guys, he said on his interview with ophie and anthony, guys who had been to bosnia etc.
Most of this film was set within 5 miles of where I grew up so I knew a lot of the places where it was filmed.
I made it 5 minutes before I had to stop. I love your guys videos but yall need to leave that pause button alone sometimes please lord
Chris Morris is a comedy genius, you should check out Brass Eye
So glad you got to this 😂
Man i feel you, my best friend at the time had her 16th birthday on 9/11. I dont think she ever had a happy birthday again.
This was actually released on Blue ray and DVD in the U.S. on 8 March 2011 after a limited theatrical release in the US on 5 November 2010. Seven months after the same release in the UK. There is very little that can't be shown in the US, especially if there is money in it.
I was at the cinema in Bradford when this had its UK Premier. The reception, particularly amongst the Asian and Muslim population was huge. There were queues stretching right outside the cinema and around the corner. It was very well received as a comedy masterpiece and the reaction and atmosphere was incredible.
A brilliantly done film. Hilarious and strangely heartfelt at the same time.
Verrryyy limited like... 8 theatres in the whole of the US showed it 😅
@@Lonewolf_121 The politics of the U.S. and the news media made sure that it was under played and put down as much as possible.
If you've ever watched phone jacker, Waz, the tall indian is the man who does all the voices
He’s Iranian
Part of UK Culture :p . "Rubber Dinghy Rapid". @p nuf said
Great film. Remember seeing it at the cinema and the entire cinema of all races and religions were in hysterics.
One of the best British movies be have some good classics
You ever reviewed- love honer and obey ?
I absolutely love that film
Never draw a line for any artform - movies, books, comedy, etc.
Watch it before it gets taken down.
Hence why we took most of the movie out & basically used this video as an advertisement for our Patreon 🤷🏻♂️
It was shown in America
Frutella, bad man sweets! Rubber dhingi rapids bro, straight ont riiides😂
Do you know that this was written by the guy who plays Denholm Renham in the IT crowd?
Denholm Reynholm
@@jase6709 Thanks, I couldn't be bothered to check!
YES BOYS!!👊🏻👏👏🔥💜
I have tried to watch three of your films reviews now as I love you guys but the constant pausing ruins the reaction :(
The full reaction is on Patreon, we don't cut out any of the movie there
Love this movie ,Im from the city of sheffield where a majority of this movie is filmed
rubber dinghy rapids bro
Best Christmas present I could have asked for
"Mashallah Bruvah!"
You'll really like "Rise of the Footsoldier". Classic UK film
Literally live 5 min car ride from that flat.
This films so funny lol, Rubber dingy rapids bro
Rubber dingie rapids
Four Lions was shortlisted for the World Cinema prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, had a limited US theatrical release and is available on DVD. So it very much could be and was shown in America :)
Sadly, comedy has got much more PC in the UK. The BBC in particular won't make or even show repeats of anything that might 'offend'. The real comedy you apprecaiate will, almost without exception, be that from the past. Great shame.
I love, love, love this film.
Us too, we're in stitches!
There was an extra bit after the credits wasn't there?
Yep. You find out who the rocket actually killed.
Would like to see you review the film Quadrophenia it’s a forgotten masterpiece.
Squat runs 😂😂😂😂